Poem-a-Day
Poem-a-Day is the original, daily poetry series featuring new poems by today’s poets. Produced by the Academy of American Poets, this free digital series is made possible by you, our readers and listeners. Theme music by Kat Rejsek. Audio engineering by Genevieve Shubeck. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.
1951
Khadijah Queen: "Undoing"
1 min
1952
Babette Deutsch: "Silence"
1 min
1953
Joseph Seamon Cotter Sr.: "My Song"
1 min
1954
Hala Alyan: "Object Permanence"
2 min
1955
Safia Elhillo: "Ode to Sudanese-Americans"
3 min
1956
beyza ozer: "on holding rose water"
1 min
1957
Ladan Osman: "Take Wing Tempo"
2 min
1958
Hieu Minh Nguyen: "The New Decade"
1 min
1959
George Marion McClellan: "A January Dandelion"
1 min
1960
Léonie Adams: "Never Enough of Living"
1 min
1961
Jamila Woods: "Day 29 (2020)"
1 min
1962
Jacqueline Waters: "Ready for My Statement?"
1 min
1963
Eran Eads: "TM"
1 min
1964
Brandon Brown: "Dog Park"
2 min
1965
Prageeta Sharma: "The Imperishable and Perishab...
2 min
1966
Charles Bertram Johnson: "A Song of Hope"
1 min
1967
Emily Dickinson: "That is solemn we have ended,...
0 min
1968
Nate Klug: "Jasmine"
2 min
1969
Merrill Gilfillan: "Just After Dawn"
1 min
1970
Noah Ross: "echium swallows"
3 min
1971
Ely Shipley: "Hiatus"
2 min
1972
Genya Turovskaya: "Wisterical"
1 min
1973
Angelina Weld Grimké: "A Winter Twilight"
0 min
1974
Jones Very: "The Winter Bird"
1 min
1975
Michael Wasson: "So Call It Grace"
2 min